Northeast India: Deadly Tensions Between Hindus and Christians
Manipur State (India) has declared a curfew as religious and ethnic rivalries erupt between Hindus and Christians, against a backdrop of increasing immigration from neighboring Myanmar, where Christian populations are fleeing their country's bloody civil war.
In this northeastern part of India, a conflict is taking place behind closed doors, pitting the Meitei—the dominant Hindu ethnic group, representing around 53% of the local population—against the Kuki-Zo, a Christian ethnic group estimated to make up 41% of Manipur's 3.2 million inhabitants.
This ancestral rivalry has given rise to renewed violence over the past year and a half, since a local court, challenging the advantages given to the Kuki-Zo ethnic group on account of its minority status, decided to give equivalent rights to the Meitei, who are favored by their dominant position.
Since May 2023, violence has claimed more than 230 lives—most of them Kuki-Zo—60,000 people have been forced into exile and more than 300 churches have been burnt down. The Christians accused the Hindus of wanting “to ‘wipe off even the traces’ of their existence.”
One thing remains certain: the Christians of Manipur have not finished paying the price for conflicts combining geopolitics, religion, and ethnic rivalries.
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Manipur State (India) has declared a curfew as religious and ethnic rivalries erupt between Hindus and Christians, against a backdrop of increasing immigration from neighboring Myanmar, where Christian populations are fleeing their country's bloody civil war.
In this northeastern part of India, a conflict is taking place behind closed doors, pitting the Meitei—the dominant Hindu ethnic group, representing around 53% of the local population—against the Kuki-Zo, a Christian ethnic group estimated to make up 41% of Manipur's 3.2 million inhabitants.
This ancestral rivalry has given rise to renewed violence over the past year and a half, since a local court, challenging the advantages given to the Kuki-Zo ethnic group on account of its minority status, decided to give equivalent rights to the Meitei, who are favored by their dominant position.
Since May 2023, violence has claimed more than 230 lives—most of them Kuki-Zo—60,000 people have been forced into exile and more than 300 churches have been burnt down. The Christians accused the Hindus of wanting “to ‘wipe off even the traces’ of their existence.”
One thing remains certain: the Christians of Manipur have not finished paying the price for conflicts combining geopolitics, religion, and ethnic rivalries.
https://fsspx.news/en/news/northeast-ind...ians-47861
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